Psi1 Aurigae

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For other star systems with this Bayer designation, see Psi Aurigae.
Psi1
Diagram showing star positions and boundaries of the Auriga constellation and its surroundings

The location of ψ1 Aurigae (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Auriga
Right ascension 06h 24m 53.90129s[1]
Declination +49° 17 16.4199[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)4.91[2]
Characteristics
Spectral typeM0 I[3]
U−B color index+2.29[2]
B−V color index+1.97[2]
R−I color index1.07
Variable typeLC[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+4.7[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: –0.66[1] mas/yr
Dec.: –1.82[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)0.82 ± 0.28[1] mas
Distanceapprox. 4,000 ly
(approx. 1,200 pc)
Details
Mass14.4 ± 0.8[6] M
Radius637 R
Luminosity63,579[7] L
Temperature3,750[3] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]+0.08[8] dex
Age12.3 ± 0.4[6] Myr
Other designations
BD+49 1488, FK5 242, HD 44537, HIP 30520, HR 2289, SAO 41076.[9]

Psi1 Aurigae1 Aur, ψ1 Aurigae) is the Bayer designation for a star in the northern constellation of Auriga. It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.91.[2] Based upon a measured annual parallax shift of 0.82 mas,[1] it is approximately 4,000 light-years (1,200 parsecs) distant from the Earth.

This is a massive supergiant star with a stellar classification of M0 I.[3] It is a slow irregular variable of the LC type, with its brightness varying in magnitude by 0.44.[4] The star is more than 14[6] times as massive as the Sun and is blazing with 63,579[7] times the Sun's luminosity. This energy is being radiated into outer space from its outer atmosphere at an effective temperature of 3,750 K,[3] giving it the orange-red hue of a cool M-type star.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 van Leeuwen, Floor (November 2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics 474 (2): 653–664, arXiv:0708.1752v1, Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357.  Note: see VizieR catalogue I/311.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Nicolet, B. (1978), "Photoelectric photometric Catalogue of homogeneous measurements in the UBV System", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series 34: 1–49, Bibcode:1978A&AS...34....1N. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Levesque, Emily M. et al. (August 2005), "The Effective Temperature Scale of Galactic Red Supergiants: Cool, but Not As Cool As We Thought", The Astrophysical Journal 628 (2): 973–985, arXiv:astro-ph/0504337, Bibcode:2005ApJ...628..973L, doi:10.1086/430901. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Adelman, Saul J. (2001), "Stars with the Largest Hipparcos Photometric Amplitudes", Baltic Astronomy 10: 589–593, Bibcode:2001BaltA..10..589A. 
  5. Wielen, R. et al. (1999), Sixth Catalogue of Fundamental Stars (FK6). Part I. Basic fundamental stars with direct solutions (35), Astronomisches Rechen-Institut Heidelberg, Bibcode:1999VeARI..35....1W. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Tetzlaff, N.; Neuhäuser, R.; Hohle, M. M. (January 2011), "A catalogue of young runaway Hipparcos stars within 3 kpc from the Sun", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 410 (1): 190–200, arXiv:1007.4883, Bibcode:2011MNRAS.410..190T, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17434.x. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 Hohle, M. M.; Neuhäuser, R.; Schutz, B. F. (April 2010), "Masses and luminosities of O- and B-type stars and red supergiants", Astronomische Nachrichten 331 (4): 349, arXiv:1003.2335, Bibcode:2010AN....331..349H, doi:10.1002/asna.200911355. 
  8. Bakos, Gustav A. (October 1971), "Abundances of Heavy Elements in Late-Type Stars", Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 65: 222, Bibcode:1971JRASC..65..222B. 
  9. "phi Aur -- Star in double system", SIMBAD Astronomical Database (Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg), retrieved 2012-08-23. 

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